For my friends in Charlottesville, keeping you up-to-date on my adventures in Japan シャーロッツビルの皆様へ:2度目の葉山暮らしのレポートです

Friday, August 8, 2008

高校の校歌

The 90th annual High School Baseball Championship is going on in Osaka. Two out of the 55 high school teams in this tournament are my father-in-law's favorite; Koryo high school in Hiroshima and Tokoha Kikugawa high school in Shizuoka. Why? Because he composed the school song for both of them. After each game the school song of the winning team is aired and you can see the composer's name on the TV screen for 2 seconds or so.

甲子園では連日熱い(そして暑い!)戦いが繰り広げられていますが、義父が応援しているのはその中の2校、広島の広陵高校と静岡の常葉菊川高校です。この両校は、義父が校歌を作曲しました。試合に勝つと校歌が全国に流れ、一瞬ですが作曲者の名がNHKの画面に写るのです。

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